On 2021-08-10 14:02, Maharaja Kennadyrajan wrote: > On 2021-08-10 15:44, Felix Fietkau wrote: >> On 2021-08-10 10:56, Maharaja Kennadyrajan wrote: >>> User can configure the below beacon tx mode >>> 1. Staggered mode and 2. Burst mode while bring-up the AP >>> or MESH. >>> >>> Beacons can be sent out in burst(continuously in a single shot >>> one after another) or staggered (equally spread out over beacon >>> interval) mode. >>> >>> Set the beacon_tx_mode as 1 for Staggered mode and 2 for >>> burst mode. >> What's the advantage of one over the other? When and why would the user >> choose a different mode other than the default? >> > [Maha]: In the multi-vap scenario and default or staggered mode, > tx failure of the packets will happen if the packets duration > is greater than the beacon interval between the two vaps. > In case of burst mode it works, where during retry it transmits > the packet. It still seems to me like something that the driver should detect and handle internally without user configuration, based on number of VAPs and maybe multicast/beacon rate (since the packet duration issue will be worse with CCK rates). - Felix
